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Ader, R. (ed) (1981) Psychoneuroimmunology. New York: Academic Books.

Aggleton, P. (1990) Health. London: Routledge.

Ahmad, W. (1995) Review article: 'Race' and health. Sociology of Health and Illness, 17, 418-429.

Ahmad W.I.U. (1994) ‘Race’ and Health in Contemporary Britain. Buckingham. Open University Press.

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Annadale, E. and Hunt, K. (1990) Masculinity, femininity and sex: an exploration of their relative contribution to explaining gender differences in health. Sociology of Health and Illness, 12, 24-47.

Anson, O. (1993) Gender differences in health perceptions and their predictors, Social Science and Medicine, 36, 19-27.

Armstrong, D. (2003) Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine, 5th Edition. London: Arnold.

Balarajan, R. et al (1991) Ethnic differences in mortality from IHD and CVD in England and Wales. British Medical Journal, 302, 560-564.

Balarajan R. & Raleigh V.S. (1995) Ethnicity and Health in England. NHS Ethnic Health Unit. London HMSO.

Barber, T.X. (1982) Hypnosuggestive procedures in the treatment of chronic pain: Implications for theories of hypnosis and suggestive therapy. In: T. Millon, C.J. Green and R.B. Meagher (Eds) Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology. New York: Plenum.

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Bergeman C (1997) Ageing: Genetic and environmental influences. London: Sage

Berkman, L.F., Glass, T., Brissette, I. and Seeman, T.E. (2000) From social integration to health: Durkheim in the new milenium. Social Support and Medicine, 51, 843-857.

Bhopal RS (2007) Ethnicity, race and health in multicultural societies: Foundations for better epidemiology, public health and health care.Oxford: Oxford University Press

Bhugra D (2002) Ethnic factors and service utilization. Current Opinions in Psychiatry, 15, 201-204.

Bhui K, Bhugra D, Goldberg D, Dunn G & Desai M. Cultural influences in the prevalence of common mental disorder, general practitioners' assessments and help-seeking among Punjabi and English people visiting their general practitioner. Psychological Medicine, 31, 815-825.

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Blane, D. Davey-Smith, G. and Bartley, M. (1993) Social selection: What does it contribute to social class differences? Sociology of Health and Illness, 15, 1-15.

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Blaxter, M. (1983) The cause of disease: women talking. Social Science and Medicine, 17, 59-69.

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Bowling, A. (1995) Measuring disease. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Bowling, A. (2007) Research methods in health. Investigating health and health services. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Bradby H. (2003) Describing Ethnicity in Health Research. Ethnicity and Health. 8(1), 5-13

Bywaters, P. and McLeod, E. (eds)(1996) Working for Equality in Health. London: Routledge.

Calnan, M. (1987) Health and illness: The lay perspective. London: Tavistock.

Cappell, H. (1987) Alcohol and tension reduction: What's new? In: Gottheil, E., Druley, K.A. (Eds) Stress and addiction. Brunner/Mazel psychosocial stress series, No. 9. (pp. 237-247). Philadelphia, PA, US: Brunner/Mazel, Inc.

Carey, M.P., Kalra, D.L., Carey, K.B., Halperin, S. and Richards, C.S. (1993) Stress and unaided smoking cessation: A prospective investigation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 831-838.

Carroll, D. Bennett, P. and Davey-Smith, G. (1993) Socio-economic health inequalities: Their origins and implications. Psychology and Health, 8, 295-316.

Carroll, D. Davey-Smith, G. and Bennett, P. (1994) Health and socio-economic status. The Psychologist, 7,122-125.

Carroll, D. et al (1993) Socio-economic health inequalities: Their origins and implications. Psychology and Health, 8, 295-316.

Carroll, D., Davey-Smith, G. and Bennett, P. (1996). Some observations on health and socio-economic status. Journal of Health Psychology, 1, 23-40.

Charles, N. and Walters, V. (1994) Women's health: Women's voices. Health and Social Care, 2, 329-338.

Cohen S., Syme S.L. (1985) Issues in the application and study of social support. In: Cohen S., Syme S.L., (eds). Social Support and Health. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, pp. 3-22

Cohen, S. , Tyrell, DAJ, Russell, M.A.H., Jarvis, M.J., and Smith, A.P. (1993) Smoking, alcohol consumption and susceptibility to the common cold. American Journal of Public Health, 83, 1277-1283.

Cohen, S. , Tyrell, DAJ, and Smith, A.P. (1991) Psychological stress and susceptibility to the common cold. New England Journal of Medicine, 325, 600-612.

Connor, M., Fitter, M., and Fletcher, W. (1999) Stress and snacking: A diary study of daily hassles and between meal snacking. Psychology and Health, 14, 51-63.

Corley G (1999) Older people and their needs: A multidisciplinary perspective. Whurr Publishers

Crossley, M L. (2000) Rethinking Health Psychology. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Crossley, ML (2001) Do we need to rethink health psychology? Psychology, Health and Medicine, 6, 243-265

Danesh, J. Gault, S. Semmence, J. Appleby, P. and Peto, R. (1999). Postcodes as useful markers of social class: Population based study in 26,000 British households. British Medical Journal, 318, 843-845.

Dancey, C.P., Taghavi, M., and Fox, R.J. (1998) The relationship between daily stress and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 44, 537-545

Darcuna J. (2004) Introduction to psychoneuroimmunology. Elsevier Academic Press

Davey-Smith, G., Carroll, D. and Bennett, P. (1994) Health and socio-economic status. The Psychologist, 7, 122-125.

Davy B, Searle C, Gray A (2007) Health and disease: A reader (3rd edition). London: Open University Press.

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Donovan J (1984) Ethnicity and race: A research review. Social Science and Medicine 19, 7 , 663-670

Doyal L (1979) The political Economy of Health. London: Pluto Press

Doyal L (1995) What makes women sick: Gender and the political economy of health. London. Palgrave-MacMillan.

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Evans, D.L., Lesserman, J., Perkins, D.O. (1997) Severe life stress as a predictor of early disease progression in HIV infection. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, 630-634.

Fisher, S (1986) Stress and Strategy. London: Laurence Erlbaum.

Folkman, S. & Lazarus, R. S. (1988) Coping as a mediator of emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 466-475.

Fordyce, W.E., Fowler, R.S., lehmann, J.F., and DeLateur, B.J. (1968) some implications of learning in problems of chronic pain. Journal of Chronic Disorders, 21, 179-190.

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Furhham, A. and Kirkcaldy, B. (1997) Age and sex differences in health beliefs and behaviours. Psychological Reports, 80, 63-66.

Gabe, Bury M & Elstron (2004) Key concepts in medical sociology. London: Sage Publishers

Giddens, A. (2006) Sociology – 5th Edition. Oxford: Polity Press.

Gilbert, D.G. and Speilberger, C.D. (1987) Effects of smoking on heart rate, anxiety, and feelings of success during social interaction. Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 10, 629-638.

Goffmann, E. (1990) Stigma: Notes on the management of a spoiled identity. London: Penguin.

Graham, H. (1984) Women, Health and the Family London: Harvester Wheatsheaf.

Greeno, C.G and Wing, R.R. (1994) Stress-induced eating. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 444-464

Grimmell, D. and Stern, G.S. (1992) The relationship between gender role ideals and psychological well-being. Sex Roles, 27, 487-495.

Grossarth-Maticek, R., Eysenck, H.J. & Vetter, H. (1988) personality type, smoking habits and their interaction on predictors of cancer and coronary heart disease. Personality and Individual Differences, 9, 479-495

Grossarth-Maticek, R., Eysenck, H.J. & Vetter, H. (1989) The causes and cures of prejudice: An empirical study of the frustration-aggression hypothesis. Personality & Individual Differences, 10, 547-558.

Grossarth-Maticek, R. and Eysenck, H. J. (1990) Personality, stress and disease: Description and validation of a new inventory Psychological Reports, 66, 355-373

Grossarth-Maticek R, and Eysenck H. (1990) Prophylactic effects of psychoanalysis on cancer-prone and coronary heart disease-prone probands, as compared with control groups and behaviour therapy groups. Journal Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 21, 91-99.

Hall, N. R. S. & O’Grady, M. (1991) Psychosocial interventions and immune functioning. In R. Ader, D. L. Felton, & N. Cohen (Eds.), Psychoneuroimmunology, 2nd ed. (pp. 1067-1079). Boston: Academic Press.

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Hinks S (2007) The meaning of time in oldest-old age. holistic Nursing Practice, 21, 35-41.

Hobfoll, S.E. (1989) Conservation of resources: A new attempt at conceptualising stress. American Psychologist, 44, 513-524

Hobfoll, S.E. (1991) Gender differences in stress reactions: Women filling the gaps. Psychology and Health, 5, 95-109.

Holmes, T. H. & Rahe, R.H. (1967) The social readjustment rating scale, Journal of Psychometric research 11, 213-218

Horn, S. and Munafo, M. (1997) Pain: Theory, Research and Intervention. Buckingham. Open University Press.

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Jenkins J & Schumacher JG (1999) Family burden of schizophrenia and depressive illness: Specifying the effects of ethnicity, gender and social ecology. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 174, 31-38

Jerrad-Dunne P., Evans A., McGovern R., Hajat C., Kalra L., Rudd A., Wolfe C. & Markus H. (2003) Ethnic Differences in Markers of Thrombophilia: Implications for the Investigation of Ischemic Stroke in Multiethnic Populations: The South London Ethnicity and Stroke Study. Stroke. 34(8), 1821-1826.

Johns LC, Nazroo JY, Beddington P, Kuipers E (2002) Occurrence of hallucinatory experiences in a community sample and ethnic variations. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, 174-178

Kane, P. (1991) Women's health: From womb to tomb. Basingstoke: MacMillan.

Karasek, R.and Theorell, T. (1990) Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity, and the Reconstruction of Working Life. New York: Basic Books.

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Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Fisher L, Ogrocki P, stout JC & Speicher CE (1987) Marital quality, marital disruption and immune function. Psychosomatic Medicine, 49, 13-34

Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Kennedy, S. & Glaser, R. (1988) Immunological consequences of acute and chronic stressors: Mediating role of interpersonal relationships. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 61, 77-85

Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Stephens, R.E., Lipetz, P.D., Speicher, C.E. and Glaser, R. (1985) Distress and DNA repair in human lymphocytes. Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 8, 311-320

Kirmayer L.J. & Young A. (1998) Culture and Somatization: Clinical, Epidemiological and Ethnographic Perspectives. Psychosomatic Medicine. 60(4), 420-430.

Kune, S. (1993) Stressful life events and cancer. Epidemiology, 4, 395-397.

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Lazarus, R.S. (2006) Stress and Emotion: A new synthesis. New York: Springer.

Lazarus, R.S. and Folkman, S. (1987) Transactional theory and research on emotions and coping. European Journal of Personality, 1, 141-170.

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Llewelyn SP (2003) Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology. London: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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